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100 1  Pittock, A. Barrie,|d1938- 
245 10 Climate change :|bturning up the heat /|cA. Barrie 
       Pittock. 
264  1 London ;|aSterling, VA :|bEarthscan,|c[2005] 
264  4 |c©2005 
300    xii, 316 pages ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and 
       index. 
505 0  1. Climate change matters -- Turning up the heat -- Why is
       the present rapid warming happening? -- The importance of 
       delayed climate responses -- Observed impacts -- Trends in
       human vulnerability -- Projections of future climate 
       change -- Facing the challenge -- Conclusion -- 2. 
       Learning from the past -- Proxy data : clues from the past
       -- The record of the ice ages -- The causes of past 
       climate change -- Rapid climate changes in the past -- The
       last 10,000 years -- Conclusions from the past record -- 
       3. Projecting the future -- The need for, and nature of, 
       foresight -- Predictions, scenarios and projections -- The
       emissions scenarios used by the IPCC -- Projections of 
       socio-economic futures -- Forecasting the weather -- Why 
       climate projections are different -- The state of climate 
       projections -- 4. Uncertainty is inevitable, but risk is 
       certain -- Despite uncertainties, decisions have to be 
       made -- Uncertainty in climate change projections -- From 
       polarisation to probability and risk -- Estimating risk --
       Uncertainty and the role of skeptics -- Application of the
       'precautionary principle' -- 5. What climate changes are 
       likely? -- Projected climate changes -- Scenarios in a 
       nutshell -- 
505 0  6. Impacts : why be concerned? -- Climate change impacts, 
       reasons for concern -- Thresholds and abrupt changes -- 
       Risks to unique and threatened systems -- Risks from 
       extreme climate events -- Distribution of impacts -- 
       Aggregate impacts -- Waking the 'sleeping giants' -- 
       Stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations -- Growing 
       reasons for concern -- 7. Adaptation : living with climate
       change -- Adaptation concepts and strategies --  Costs and
       benefits of adaptation -- Implementation -- Effects of 
       different rates of climatic change -- Equity issues in 
       adaptation -- Enhancing adaptive capacity -- 8. Mitigation
       : limiting climate change -- Why mitigation is necessary -
       - How much mitigation is needed? -- Where we are now -- 
       How difficult is mitigation? -- The looming peak in oil 
       production -- Mitigation options -- Increased energy 
       efficiency -- Fuel substitution -- Nuclear power -- 
       Hydropower -- Solar energy -- Wind power -- Biomass energy
       -- Tidal, wave and geothermal energy -- The hydrogen 
       economy -- Carbon capture and sequestration -- Land-based 
       carbon sinks -- Changes in infrastructure and behaviour --
       Technological innovation : attitude is vital -- The road 
       to effective mitigation -- 
505 0  9. Climate change in context -- Surface air pollution and 
       climate change -- Stratospheric ozone depletion -- 
       Biodiversity, agriculture and forestry -- Land degradation
       and desertification -- Freshwater -- Population growth -- 
       Synergies and trade-offs -- Integration, sustainable 
       development and equity -- 10. The politics of greenhouse -
       - Is the science credible? -- What about the uncertainty? 
       -- How realistic are the scenarios? -- Choosing global and
       local emissions targets -- How urgently do we need to act?
       -- How much will reducing emissions cost? -- Meeting 
       targets most efficiently -- International equity : what is
       fair? -- The importance of equity within countries -- 
       Equity between generations -- The role of governments and 
       NGOs -- What role should business take? -- The role of 
       state and local governments -- So what are the politics of
       greenhouse? -- 11. International concern and national 
       interests -- A brief history -- The Kyoto Protocol -- 
       National interests and climate change -- African nations -
       - Australia and New Zealand -- China -- European Union -- 
       India, Pakistan and Bangladesh -- Latin America -- The 
       Russian Federation -- Small island states -- United States
       of America -- The common interest in global solutions -- 
       12. Accepting the challenge -- Looking beyond the Kyoto 
       Protocol -- Addressing the key issues -- 13. Further 
       information -- Introduction -- Bibliography/reading list -
       - Websites. 
650  0 Climatic changes. 
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